The Indiglo button let there be light
The Indiglo button let there be light The Indiglo button on a modern Timex Weekender. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Long before the self-lit pixels of OLED phones illuminated our lives, there was a time many portable gadgets didn’t shine at all. Remember when the display of practically every Nintendo Game […]
Lawmakers propose anti-nonconsensual AI porn bill after Taylor Swift controversy
Lawmakers propose anti-nonconsensual AI porn bill after Taylor Swift controversy Photo by Kathryn Riley/Getty Images US lawmakers have proposed letting people sue over faked pornographic images of themselves, following the spread of AI-generated explicit photographs of Taylor Swift. The Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits (DEFIANCE) Act would add a civil right of action […]
Google spent billions of dollars to lay people off
Google spent billions of dollars to lay people off Illustration: The Verge Google spent $2.1 billion on severance and other expenses as it laid off more than 12,000 employees over the course of 2023. And the layoff charges keep coming: in just the one month of 2024 so far, the company has already spent $700 […]
Replika’s new AI therapy app tries to bring you to a zen island
Replika's new AI therapy app tries to bring you to a zen island Replika’s new AI therapy app tries to bring you to a zen island Tomo, the AI avatar | Luka, Inc. AI companion company Replika partnered with the team behind the AI dating simulator Blush to release Tomo, a wellness and meditation app […]
YouTube TV listened to sports fans, and it’s fixing multiview’s biggest problem
YouTube TV listened to sports fans, and it's fixing multiview's biggest problem YouTube TV listened to sports fans, and it’s fixing multiview’s biggest problem Fantasy players and sports bettors should be salivating right now. | YouTube Since its launch last spring, YouTube TV’s multiview functionality has been a huge quality-of-life improvement for sports fans. You […]
Spec Ops: The Line permanently removed from Steam and other digital stores
Spec Ops: The Line permanently removed from Steam and other digital stores Image: 2K We finally know why Spec Ops: The Line was delisted — it’s the licensing. Video game newshound Wario64 first sounded the alarm on social media that the game had been removed from Steam and other PC storefronts seemingly without explanation. On […]
Elon Musk won’t get his $55 billion pay package after all
Elon Musk won't get his $55 billion pay package after all Elon Musk won’t get his $55 billion pay package after all Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Elon Musk isn’t going to get that $55 billion pay package after all, a Delaware Chancery Court judge has ruled. Tesla shareholders approved the […]
If you have an Arlo camera or video doorbell, it’s about to get more expensive
If you have an Arlo camera or video doorbell, it's about to get more expensive If you have an Arlo camera or video doorbell, it’s about to get more expensive Arlo’s cloud subscription plan for a single camera or video doorbell is increasing to $7.99 a month. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The […]
Microsoft’s Surface devices down again in Q2 earnings as Xbox picks up Activision revenue
Microsoft's Surface devices down again in Q2 earnings as Xbox picks up Activision revenue Microsoft’s Surface devices down again in Q2 earnings as Xbox picks up Activision revenue Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft just posted the second quarter of its 2024 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $62 billion in revenue […]
How to stop location tracking on your Android phone (mostly)
How to stop location tracking on your Android phone (mostly) Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Location tracking can be very handy — it’s convenient when an app can tell you, say, where the nearby restaurants or gas stations are — but it’s also a privacy issue (something that at least one of Google’s […]